2
disavowing(verb, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance)
2
disloyalty(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal, defection)
2
faithlessness(failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal, defection)
2
immorality
2
irreligion
2
recessive(adjective, regressive, recessive)
2
secession(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance, betrayal)
2
slipping back(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
2
turn
2
vice
1
abandoning(verb, renouncing)
1
abatement(noun, drop, fall, failure, deterioration)
1
abdicating(verb, renouncing)
1
abdication(noun, renunciation)
1
abnegating(verb, renouncing)
1
abnegation(noun, renunciation)
1
abrogation(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance, betrayal)
1
absconding(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance, betrayal)
1
amorality
1
apostate
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